ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would require parents who apply for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to pay for and pass a drug test that would cost at least $17. TANF provides temporary financial help to low-income families with children. Passing the drug test once would be a condition of eligibility to receive [...]

Beyonce writes a letter to First Lady Michelle Obama thanking her for being a role model and the work she has done for our country. She is happy to have her daughter grow up in a world in which she can look up to the First Lady. Michelle responds to Beyonce’s letter with a tweet thanking her also for being a role [...]

Circulating on Facebook, a picture of a bumper sticker, reading, “Don’t Re-Nig In 2012,” is making feverish rounds. While Obama’s iconic red, blue, and white logo is crossed out, the bumper sticker makes it very clear that Obama opposers are going above and beyond the idea of just being against Obama politically. More to the point, the word Re-nig, which, [...]

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S. Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users [...]

*Before Blue Ivy Carter was born, Beyonce was busy designing t-shirts for President Obama’s re-election campaign, according to MTV. The new mother is designing shirts  in conjunction with her mother, Tina Knowles. The shirt is a $45 white T-shirt with the phrases “yes we can,” “words do inspire” and “transform a nation together,” randomly scattered across the front in different fonts. [...]

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain told supporters Saturday that he is suspending his presidential campaign, which has become hobbled in recent weeks by allegations of sexual harassment and an Atlanta woman’s claim that they carried on a 13-year affair. The businessman and GOP presidential candidate stepped aside from the race on Saturday, bowing to falling polling numbers and growing sex [...]

For those who haven’t heard, Jay Z decided to launch a line of t-shirts inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, but the profits won’t go to the 99 percent who have been protesting across the country for over a month. “At this time, we have not made an official commitment to monetarily support the movement,” the Rocawear spokeswoman said [...]

*Luther Campbell is suing University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro for allegedly slandering him in a Yahoo news report. The school sponsor claimed that the former 2 Live Crew member was giving improper benefits to U. of Miami players. Tweet Share on Tumblr

ATL and Hip Hop fans KNOW that Killer Mike gets down and has that gift that motivates and make people think. Preach on Mike. Let the world know what we already know and what we go through on a daily basis in Atlanta, Georgia and below the Mason Dixie Line. Atlanta may have a large Black population and maybe the [...]

Rapper Soulja Boy has come under fire for some offensive words in his latest single, “Let’s Be Real”. This one verse has put Soulja Boy on the sh*t list of soldiers, military vets and caused a stir on the internet. He has now issued an apology and statement to explain exactly what he meant by the verse. He also took [...]

JAMAICA –THE already strained relations between the Barack Obama administration and the Government of Jamaica could be in for more severe testing, as the US government now says the granting of a pardon to Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Garvey would be a waste of time and resources, since Garvey has been dead for ages. A report in the Sunday Observer [...]

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To a television audience in the millions, Obama addressed a Congress sobered by the assassination attempt against one if its own members, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Her seat sat empty, and many lawmakers of competing parties sat together in a show of support and civility. Yet differences were still evident, as when Democrats stood to applaud his comments on health care [...]